The search bar blinked, patient and blue. "Nightmare Sphere Download."

She slammed the laptop shut. Her reflection stared back from the dark lid—except her reflection blinked one second late.

From her.

The screen went black. Then white text, crisp as a razor cut: YOU HAVE 3 NIGHTS. EACH SPHERE CONTAINS A MEMORY YOU’VE FORGOTTEN. EACH MEMORY, A LIE YOU TOLD YOURSELF TO SURVIVE.